Airlines have become like buses in the sky, and the availability of air travel is an operating assumption of business and families. With security probes, x-rays, long queues, lost baggage, re-routed planes and an unpleasant taxi journey airport -- airline travel is anything but pleasant. Partly this loss of glamour is due to the inevitable move from expensive elite experience to mass transit air-bus.
Are supermarkets efficient markets ? Or are they crowding out innovation? All the evidence shows that large monopolies prevent the development of new innovative small and mid-size companies. My thesis is broader however. That certain monopolies in consumer exposed sectors can actually block the development of new products and services, reduce opportunities and slow job creation in the economy.
How has the grand coalition needed to govern Australia changed in 2011?
The best innovation books are in the innovation books reading list (an innovation bookstore by Amazon and 2thinknow).
Trends that work against the Labor Left, & how to rebuild with innovation. Second part of a series, […]
The big IPO investment news in the innovation economy this week was LinkedIn and its valuation.
We often hear companies complaining there are no I.T. staff available in Australia. Often this is accompanied with talk of rising wages for general I.T. personnel in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
Shaking the ground the Left stands on, & how to rebuild with innovation. First part of a series, […]